Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Gainsborough County constituency |
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| Gainsborough shown within Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Edward Leigh |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Gainsborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was named Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency is centred on the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, and comprises the West Lindsey district, and the Wragby ward of the East Lindsey district.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Joseph Bennett | ||
| 1886 | Henry Eyre | ||
| 1892 | Joseph Bennett | ||
| 1895 | Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge | ||
| 1900 | Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore | ||
| 1906 | Alexander Leslie Renton | Liberal | |
| 1907 | Conservative | ||
| Jan 1910 | George Jackson Bentham | ||
| 1918 | John Elsdale Molson | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Conservative | ||
| 1923 | Sir Richard Winfrey | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Harry Crookshank | Conservative | |
| 1956 | Marcus Kimball | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Edward Leigh | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Gainsborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Edward Leigh | 20,040 | 43.9 | -2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Adrian Heath | 12,037 | 26.4 | -0.3 | |
| Labour | John Knight | 11,744 | 25.7 | -1.4 | |
| UK Independence | Steven Pearson | 1,860 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Majority | 8,003 | 17.5 | |||
| Turnout | 45,681 | 64.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Gainsborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Edward Leigh | 19,555 | 46.2 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Alan Rhodes | 11,484 | 27.1 | -1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Taylor | 11,280 | 26.7 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 8,071 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 42,319 | 64.2 | -10.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Historical list of MPs: G
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